Hi Dan,
I couldn't possibly be quantitative about cars to be preserved and I
don't think that museums are where they should be found. And, I must admit
that I
have seen some conversions that were works of art. I'm personally giving very
serious thought to dropping a 215V8 into an MGB. The car that I'm considering
for
the transplant is a '75 RBB from California that is engineless.
Bud Krueger
DANMAS@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 98-07-04 22:57:43 EDT, bkrueger@ici.net writes:
>
> > I believe that there is a real need to try to preserve more of these
> > machines in
> > their as-the-factory-may-have-done-them state as we can reasonably do so.
>
> Bud,
>
> I don't disagree with you at all in principle. The only disagreement we may
> have is in the numbers required to be preserved. As I stated in my previous
> post, I do feel that a number of them need to be preserved for posterity. I
> wouldn't even begin to try to guestimate what the correct number would be.
>
> As for butchering them, I am turned off by seeing even as ubiquitous a model
> as the Chevy Caprice butchered. If well enough done, even an MG with an engine
> swap can be representative of the marque.
>
> Dan Masters,.
> Alcoa, TN
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